Estuary- Where the Hudson meets the Atlantic Ocean- Shanice
The Hudson River flows into the Atlantic Ocean between Manhattan Island and the New Jersey Palisades. The Point at which the river meets the Atlantic Ocean is known as New York Harbor. The Hudson River is located in New York of the United States, it starts at Lake Tear of the cloud, in the Adirondack mountains and flows past Albany. Near the ocean salty seawater enters the Hudson River. It mixes with fresh water from the mountains. A place where this happens is called an estuary. At the seashore tides make the water slowly rise and fall. At high tide the waters edge is far up the beach. At low tide the waters edge is low down on the beach. You can also see tides in the Hudson estuary. The tides and salty waters shows that the end of the river is an arm of the sea. The Hudson River has different depths in different areas. Depending on where in the river you are, it can be as shallow as 32 feet and as deep as 200 feet. The Hudson river is 315 miles long, covers 14,000 sq miles and has a maximum width of 642 miles.
Hudson River, with view of Jersey City, in the 19th century.
New York City, with a population of over eight million people, is located at the mouth of the Hudson River
Estuary which stretches 153 miles inland from the Atlantic ocean and includes a wide range of wetland
habitats. Home to more than 200 species of fish, the Hudson River Estuary serves as a nursery ground
for sturgeon, striped bass and American shad. It also supports an abundance of other river-dependent
wildlife, especially birds.
A salt marsh is an area of coastal grassland that is regularly flooded by water. Salt marshes play a critical role in the support of human life, salt marshes has the ability to absorb fertilizers, improve water quality and reduce erosion. Inwood Hill Park which is 196-acre oasis at the tip of Manhattan, features the last remnant of tidal marshes. that once surrounded manhattan island. The marsh receives a mixture of freshwater flowing from the hudson river and salt water from the ocean's tides. The mix of fresh and salt waters which is called brackish water has made a unique environment in the city. One species, however, saltmarsh cordgrass , was able to colonize the flat expanses of sand and silt, which were covered twice a day by the ocean’s tides. Today, the grass is still found along the Atlantic coast.
As this specialized grass spreads it stems traps debris. The fiddler crab and ribbed mussel have developed a mutually beneficial relationship with the cordgrass. While the crabs and mussels benefit from feeding on decaying matter trapped within cordgrass roots, cordgrass gains from the fiddler’s burrowing, which aerates the soil, and the mussel’s excretion, which provides necessary nitrogen. Since industrialization, human activity has destroyed many marshes. Where marshes are disturbed, common reed often grows in place of cordgrass. Since reeds do not decompose into as nutritious a substance as cordgrass, a reed marsh does not contribute as much to coastal ecosystems as a cordgrass marsh.
I SHORAKKOPOCH ACCORDING TO LEGEND, ON THIS SITE OF THE PRINCIPAL MANHATTAN INDIAN VILLAGE, PETER MINUIT IN 1626, PURCHASED MANHATTAN ISLAND FOR TRINKETS AND BEADS THEN WORTH ABOUT 60 GUILDERS. THIS BOULDER ALSO MARKS THE SPOT WHERE A TULIP TREE GREW TO A HEIGHT OF 165 FEET AND A GIRTH OF 20 FEET. IT WAS, UNTIL ITS DEATH IN 1932 AT THE AGE OF 220 YEARS, THE LAST LIVING LINK WITH THE RECKGAWAWANG INDIANS WHO LIVED HERE DEDICATED AS PART OF NEW YORK CITY'S 300TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION / BY THE PETER MINUIT POST 1247 AMERICAN LEGION JANUARY 1954
During the trip we seen many things, we hiked through the park, and looked down at the salt marshes as well as tress that were knocked down by hurricane Katrina and hurricane Sandy.
During the trip we seen many things, we hiked through the park, and looked down at the salt marshes as well as tress that were knocked down by hurricane Katrina and hurricane Sandy.
Estuary- Where the Hudson meets the Atlantic Ocean- Shanice
The Hudson River flows into the Atlantic Ocean between Manhattan Island and the New Jersey Palisades. The Point at which the river meets the Atlantic Ocean is known as New York Harbor. The Hudson River is located in New York of the United States, it starts at Lake Tear of the cloud, in the Adirondack mountains and flows past Albany. Near the ocean salty seawater enters the Hudson River. It mixes with fresh water from the mountains. A place where this happens is called an estuary. At the seashore tides make the water slowly rise and fall. At high tide the waters edge is far up the beach. At low tide the waters edge is low down on the beach. You can also see tides in the Hudson estuary. The tides and salty waters shows that the end of the river is an arm of the sea. The Hudson River has different depths in different areas. Depending on where in the river you are, it can be as shallow as 32 feet and as deep as 200 feet. The Hudson river is 315 miles long, covers 14,000 sq miles and has a maximum width of 642 miles.
Hudson River, with view of Jersey City, in the 19th century.
New York City, with a population of over eight million people, is located at the mouth of the Hudson River
Estuary which stretches 153 miles inland from the Atlantic ocean and includes a wide range of wetland
habitats. Home to more than 200 species of fish, the Hudson River Estuary serves as a nursery ground
for sturgeon, striped bass and American shad. It also supports an abundance of other river-dependent
wildlife, especially birds.
A salt marsh is an area of coastal grassland that is regularly flooded by water. Salt marshes play a critical role in the support of human life, salt marshes has the ability to absorb fertilizers, improve water quality and reduce erosion. Inwood Hill Park which is 196-acre oasis at the tip of Manhattan, features the last remnant of tidal marshes. that once surrounded manhattan island. The marsh receives a mixture of freshwater flowing from the hudson river and salt water from the ocean's tides. The mix of fresh and salt waters which is called brackish water has made a unique environment in the city. One species, however, saltmarsh cordgrass , was able to colonize the flat expanses of sand and silt, which were covered twice a day by the ocean’s tides. Today, the grass is still found along the Atlantic coast.
As this specialized grass spreads it stems traps debris. The fiddler crab and ribbed mussel have developed a mutually beneficial relationship with the cordgrass. While the crabs and mussels benefit from feeding on decaying matter trapped within cordgrass roots, cordgrass gains from the fiddler’s burrowing, which aerates the soil, and the mussel’s excretion, which provides necessary nitrogen.
Since industrialization, human activity has destroyed many marshes. Where marshes are disturbed, common reed often grows in place of cordgrass. Since reeds do not decompose into as nutritious a substance as cordgrass, a reed marsh does not contribute as much to coastal ecosystems as a cordgrass marsh.
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SHORAKKOPOCH ACCORDING TO LEGEND, ON THIS SITE OF THE PRINCIPAL MANHATTAN INDIAN VILLAGE, PETER MINUIT IN 1626, PURCHASED MANHATTAN ISLAND FOR TRINKETS AND BEADS THEN WORTH ABOUT 60 GUILDERS. THIS BOULDER ALSO MARKS THE SPOT WHERE A TULIP TREE GREW TO A HEIGHT OF 165 FEET AND A GIRTH OF 20 FEET. IT WAS, UNTIL ITS DEATH IN 1932 AT THE AGE OF 220 YEARS, THE LAST LIVING LINK WITH THE RECKGAWAWANG INDIANS WHO LIVED HERE DEDICATED AS PART OF NEW YORK CITY'S 300TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION / BY THE PETER MINUIT POST 1247 AMERICAN LEGION JANUARY 1954
During the trip we seen many things, we hiked through the park, and looked down at the salt marshes as well as tress that were knocked down by hurricane Katrina and hurricane Sandy.
http://www.ask.com/question/where-does-the-hudson-river-end
http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/remediation_hudson_pdf/hrlpk3meethr.pdf
http://www.ask.com/question/how-deep-is-the-hudson-river?ad=SEO&an=SEO&ap=google.com&o=102140
http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/inwoodhillpark/highlights/12864